Jewish Achievement

Jewish Exceptionalism -- A Response to Michael Chabon

Steven L. Pease | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steven L. Pease

Jews have won 23 percent of all Nobel prizes, 51 percent of the Pulitzer prizes for non-fiction and 54 percent of the world chess championships. They...

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A History of Jewish Appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court

Steven L. Pease | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices, Barack Obama, Jewish Achievement, Elena Kagan, Louis Brandeis, Politics News
Steven L. Pease

Since Louis Brandeis was the 67th Supreme Court justice named court's history, one might argue it was not really statistically overdue -- Jews did not represent even 2.2 percent of the population until 1910.

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